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Commodity illustration: Cardamom

Category:Spices and aromatics

Cardamom

Standard price
750 pieces of eight for 100 kg
Surplus
550 pieces of eight
Scarcity
900 pieces of eight
Bulk
0.2 Tons

Equivalent to 3,750 pieces of eight per ton

Export regions

Cardamom is shipped in pale, ribbed pods containing small, dark seeds. The pods protect the spice within; opening one releases its fragrance.

Both cooks and apothecaries use the seeds. In Ceylon they can flavour sweet rice provisions. The fruits are harvested from the plant and dried for trade, usually leaving the seeds inside their husks. A dull-looking pod can therefore hold the most valuable part of the cargo.

Sources and adaptations

References in the Pavillon Noir books:

  • Carnet de Vercourt, p. 524, 531.

Ludic RPG adaptations used on this page:

  • Goods sold by the 100 kg lot: bulk (house rule).

The description was written by Ludic RPG. Prices are game values expressed in pieces of eight.